A/N: I'm definitely using the "Jaune being destined for another" bit as one- a plot device, and two- as a way to try and keep the relationships canonical, because with the exception of 2 stories and 1 one shot. I don't really *do* ships.
The initiation ceremony and team assignments went exactly the way she remembered them. The intense feeling of deja-vu was a bit unnerving at first. She already resolved herself to overcome that feeling, she has to if she's to follow through. She lays awake in their dorm trying to determine what event marks the turning point for the fall of Beacon. She comes to the conclusion that the turning point is very soon after the food fight. It's one of her favorite memories and if she's being honest she is very much looking forward to that day. She shakes her head that's not what this second chance is about after all.
That day, is the day she remembers solidifying the bond between RWBY and JNPR as sister teams. The evening of the food fight, she decides will be the time to reveal the information she learned after dying. There is no way she would come off as anything but a crazy person trying to spring it on them before then. She needs to build relationships and trust with not only her team, but the members of RWBY as well. The next, and maybe biggest problem, besides not dying again, of course, becomes Ruby's silver eyes. She hadn't even known there was anything special about silver eyes up until, well, she died.
She sighs, racking her brain. When nothing comes to mind. She decides maybe the library would be a good place to start. She will need to be in there for assignments anyhow. The other possibility is Professor Ozpin, she begins contemplating Amber in the vault. The girl is beyond saving she knows, but still it weighs heavy on her mind. Cinder wont show up for months at this point. It's a horrible thought but, she begins to wonder if possibly approaching the headmaster sooner rather than later. She could offer to be the fall maiden now, then inevitably when Cinder enters the vault Amber and her power would be long gone. She shakes her head. That's not an option she wants to entertain even in the slightest. Her conscious weighs heavy even thinking it. She is unwilling to take anothers life.
The thought of getting Oz to move Amber seems promising, but there's always the possibility the enemy will catch wind of that plan. That plan could likely just transfer Beacons fate to one of the other schools. She would be directly responsible for the lives lost should that happen. With no good answers forthcoming the invincible girl decides to go on a walk to clear her head. She makes it to the door and just as she has her hand on the handle Jaune calls out startling her.
"Hey Pyrrha, what are you doing up so early?" He sleepily calls.
"It's always hard to sleep in a new room, so I'm going on a little walk." She kicks herself for telling such a half truth.
"Mind if I join you?" He asks, already halfway across the room.
She smiles despite herself. "Why not." She leads them through the halls taking in every detail, in less than a year this will all be gone and no one is the wiser right now.
"Where are we going?" Jaune yawns still sleepy.
"Just outside, I wanted to get some fresh air." That is at least the truth.
"You seem really familiar with this place already, have you been here before?" He's curious.
" Um, oh.. yes, I visited the school not long ago.." More lies, but what can she do.
"Oh that's cool, ill probably be getting lost in this place for a month. I mean its huuuggge." He gestures in the general direction of the rest of the school.
She laughs a little despite herself. "Well, you can always rely on me if you're feeling lost partner." She nudges him with her elbow. They have made it to the courtyard area. Pyrrha gazes up at the perfectly cloudless night. The twinkling stars and full moon were quite beautiful.
"Hey look, This is where Ruby blew up on the Schnee girl, you can barely tell though. That teachers semblance is pretty awesome!" Jaune points to a tiny patch of scorch marks on the cobblestones.
"I beg your pardon? Ruby lost her temper?" She couldn't picture that happening, the other way around sure, but not Ruby.
"No, I mean, literally blew up." He explains Pyrrha's confused look prods him to continue. "Yea, apparently she accidentally knocked some of the other girls luggage off its cart. The princess was lecturing Ruby about being responsible around dust or something. I was too far away to hear properly. So, she's waving around this vial of fire dust, it's apparently not sealed well or something. She creates this huge cloud of fire dust, Ruby sneezes and..KABOOM!"
Pyrrha can't help but picture the events. That, sounds like the Ruby she knows. She laughs long and hard. Jaune hadn't told her that story the first time She turns to look Beacon Tower over and just appreciate it in its complete unbroken form. It's a bit of a weird feeling looking up on the place you died. She sighs, the answers don't have to come right away. "C'mon Jaune, lets go back to bed and get a nap before class. I hear Miss Goodwich's sparring class is pretty tough." Jaune groans causing Pyrrha to chuckle, the two head back to the dorms and settle in back to sleep.
She dreams of the beautiful garden, her feet echo on the beautiful cobblestone paths. She can smell all the fragrant flowers, feel the warm sun on her skin, and hear the bubbling of the beautiful bubbling golden water.
"Hello Miss Nikos."
She turns towards the voice and her brow furrows. "What am I doing here? I'm alive aren't I?" She puzzles.
"Yes, you are still quite alive, dreaming at the moment." Ozpin states simply.
"Dreaming?" She repeats confused.
"Yes, your mind is troubled, I simply thought you might like a little guidance. I'm not allowed to directly interfere in.. lets just call it the waking world. The rules again you see. I will come to you time to time and answer one or two of your questions to the best of my abilities each time." He looks to her expectantly.
Her brows crease in deep thought for several minutes before she choses her first question. " What happens if I convince Ozpin to move Amber to another vault?"
"You're asking a question you already know the answer to. Beacon will be spared, at least for a time. The other facility will fall, without a silver eyed warrior there will be countless victims." It's said sadly with a bitter undertone that isn't missed.
Another long pause. "You showed me a vision of Ruby "purifying" Salem, is that something that will come to pass no matter what I do? It still feels wrong to force that on her."
Ozpin smiles, a sad smile. "Yes, it is her destiny, I have seen a thousand thousand possible outcomes for your world. That event is a fixed point in time a convergence of the time streams if you will."
"Destiny.. I'm beginning to hate that word. What can I do now, how do I save Beacon?" She needs a plan she can argue about destinies later.
"For now, you wake up." He offers.
"Excuse me?" She questions.
"Wake up ya sleepy butts!" Nora calls already up for the day. She's greeted with quiet groans from her three companions. Nora's wakeup call did save them from being late to Professor Ports class in the end though. Pyrrha couldn't help but smile running into the lecture hall beside Team RWBY a fond memory she was allowed to relive. The class went exactly the way she remembered again. Weiss shouting at Ruby went exactly the same way as well. Pyrrha decides to go talk to Ruby after class, she had wanted to the first go round, but being socially awkward kept her from it.
The redheaded girl is quite surprised to hear Ozpin giving the silver eyed girl a pep talk. Jaune had once told her how Ruby gave him a speech in the hallway, bits and pieces of that talk seem to come from Ruby's talk with Oz. She smiles fondly glad to have them both in her life. She waits a beat after Oz leaves to walk up to Ruby. "Hello"
"Oh, hey Pyrrha! Whatcha doin' out here?" Ruby asks.
"I wanted to check on you and make sure you were alright, Weiss kinda… you know." She offers.
Ruby runs her hand through her hair. "Yea, well, I want to show her I can be a good leader! I'm going to the library to study. Hey, would you like to come?" The tiny reaper looks up at her with expectant eyes.
"That sounds lovely!" Pyrrha is genuinely happy to help the younger girl. She needs to start finding answers for herself as well.
"Thank you so much!" Ruby cheers. "If you don't mind do you think you can help me on some things while we study? I was moved up two years, there's bound to be lots of simple things I missed."
"I'll be happy to help." She smiles at her friend.
"You're the best! Everyone else around here, other than Yang and Jaune either treat me like I'm a genius or like I'm a child." Ruby whines. It occurs to Pyrrha that she had never really crossed her mind how similar she and Ruby were. They are both prodigies, both wanting to just be seen as themselves. She renews her vow that she will save Beacon.
"You know Ruby, I think we're going to be great friends."
A/N: Who do you think dream Ozpin is? This is kinda an expansion of chapter one. I think the Jaundice arc (no pun intended) will be a pretty good turning point.